Month: August 2012

What a flavour sensation tonight for dinner… There are two main grocery stores in Harpenden, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose. Waitrose seems to have more gourmet type foods and I love the simple modern packaging of their name brand products. Sainsbury’s has everything you’d need as well but doesn’t seem as shi shi. What I really love […]

It’s that time of year again…new books and pens and back to school clothes. Here in the UK it’s a bit different because all of the children wear uniforms and little black shoes… If Lady Fia was going to school this year she would wear the Mary Jane pair of these shoes and this little […]

A sad state of affairs…it feels as though the summer has come to a close. I’m happy to be back writing again but it does mean my cottage time is over and work, sewing and knitting can begin again. We had a fabulous time. I’ve been to many cottages but I’ll be biased and say […]